Strategic Finance Lead, Vannevar
$200-240k
+ equity
Defense for the digital domain
Job no longer available
Defense for the digital domain
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$200-240k
+ equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build software for the nation's most pressing national security problems.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, corporate strategy, or similar roles in high-growth environments
- Strong financial modeling and planning skills; comfortable building models from scratch
- Deep understanding of SaaS and/or government contracting economics
- Track record of influencing senior stakeholders with data-driven insights
- Ability to move fluidly between strategic thinking and hands-on execution
- Low-ego, high-ownership mindset; thrives in ambiguity and rapid iteration
- We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you!
What the job involves
- As the strategic finance lead, you’ll help shape the company’s growth trajectory, resource allocation, and long-term financial strategy
- This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and finance - partnering closely with executive leadership to turn company priorities into clear financial plans and tradeoffs
- You’ll own high-leverage analyses that guide where we invest, how we scale, and how we measure success
- This is a high-ownership role for someone who enjoys operating in ambiguity, building frameworks from first principles, and influencing senior decision-making in a fast-moving environment
- Own financial planning and modeling that informs company strategy, headcount growth, and investment priorities
- Evaluate tradeoffs across growth initiatives, resourcing decisions, and new bets to maximize long-term value
- Build and maintain multi-year financial models that connect strategy to outcomes
- Support board- and investor-level planning, including scenario analysis and downside / upside planning
- Partner with sales, capture, and product leadership to shape pricing, packaging, and contract structures aligned with strategic goals
- Develop financial frameworks to assess new products, customer segments, and go-to-market motions
- Translate operating metrics into clear insights that guide growth decisions
- Design scalable reporting that ties revenue performance to strategic intent
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership, providing clear, opinionated financial perspectives
- Build analyses and narratives that support executive decisions, board discussions, and internal alignment
- Help define and track the metrics that matter most for long-term enterprise value
- Partner with the finance and accounting team to ensure systems, controls, and reporting scale with the business
- Drive automation and process improvements that reduce friction and enable faster decision-making
- Ensure financial data is accurate, timely, and useful—not just compliant
Our take
As intelligence analysts work to solve rapidly evolving and increasingly challenging national security problems, modern technology is vital in achieving optimal results as there is no room for failure. Vannevar's innovative foreign text platform delivers solutions to some of today’s most important national security problems.
The company’s workflow platform, Decrypt, uses machine learning and automation to understand, target and respond to foreign actors in ways not previously possible. The platform is a proven success, driving Vannevar’s growth and attracting a $40M OTA contract with the Department of Defense.
Yielding impressive traction so far, the company is using its latest funding round to accelerate strategic initiatives and expand the scope of its technology. This comes after a period of rapid growth and sustained profitability, all suggesting a fruitful future for the company long-term.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
119% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2023
$75m
SERIES B
Aug 2021
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $91.5m
Company benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Equity + 401(k) Match
- Open PTO + all Federal Holidays and Dec 23-31
- Paid Parental Leave
- 100% Remote - Work From Anywhere in the US
- Flexible Work Environment - You Manage Your Work Day
- Quarterly Off-Site Travel for Team-Building
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Nini Hamrick
(President & Co-founder)Former US Intelligence Officer working as a Political & Counterterrorism Programs Analyst. Previous Chief of Staff to the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and was a Counterterrorism Analyst for the United States Department of Defense.
Brett Granberg
(CEO)Current Advisor at Lilt. Former Investor at In-Q-Tel and previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
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